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New deal makes RIA Journals free to read and publish for IReL and JISC institutions

Sunday, 26 January 2020

Opening up over 200 years of scholarship and creating more

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RIA Publications Senior Editor appointed to ALPSP Training Committee

Friday, 24 January 2020

Helena King, RIA Publications Senior Editor, has been appointed as a member of the Training Committee of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP).

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A history of Ireland in 100 words: Christmas special

Friday, 20 December 2019

Wishing you all a happy Christmas with one last bonus word: 'Nollaig'.

Publications, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge

From the cutting room floor: A history of Ireland in 104 words

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 104: Craobh: branching out

Publications, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge

From the cutting room floor: A history of Ireland in 103 words

Monday, 16 December 2019

Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 103: Tarbh: a bull by the horns

Publications, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge

From the cutting room floor: A history of Ireland in 102 words

Saturday, 14 December 2019

Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 102: Amadán: fooling around

Publications, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge

From the cutting room floor: A history of Ireland in 101 words

Thursday, 12 December 2019

Celebrating the reprint of our book with some bonus words. No. 101: cró: through the eye of a needle

Publications, Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge

RIA author John Gibney on RTÉ Radio 1

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Sean O'Rourke interviews Dr John Gibney on our latest book Ireland: a voice among the nations

Publications, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Launch of 'Ireland: A voice among the nations'

Monday, 2 December 2019

On Wednesday 27 November the RIA's new illustrated history of Irish foreign affairs was launched by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Simon Coveney TD.

Publications, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Adomnán: the man behind the milestone law

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

To mark the publication of A history of Ireland in 100 words here is the biography of Adomnán, who makes an appearance in the entry for the word 'Cáin', tax laws, specifically the landmark Cáin Adomnáin (law of Adomnán...

Publications, Dictionary of Irish Biography

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